It’s a tale that strikes at the heart of Afghan American identity, a generation of people who fled the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan to the U.S. and started over, watching painfully as their former homeland is torn apart. "The Kite Runner," based on Khaled Husseini’s best-selling novel, opened as a play on Broadway last month. Jane Ferguson reports for our arts and culture series, "CANVAS."
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Photo caption: On Wednesday, August 3, Senator Anna M. Kaplan (D-North Hills) presented Wazma Wardak Hassan, Founder and CEO of Afghan Americans of New York (AANY), with a proclamation on behalf of the New York State Senate in recognition of her dedicated service to the community, and in recognition of the important work of AANY. The mission of AANY is to unite and empower Afghan Americans through community service, economic opportunity, and civic engagement.
A year after the U.S. withdrawal and the Taliban takeover, most Afghans have no viable pathway into America. My Afghan American community feels helpless as a food crisis there worsens.
In the wake of Pakistan recently appointed Foreign Minister, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari visit to the UN and the USA, Afghan Americans staged a demonstration in